PARLIAMENT BACKS BREXIT TIMETABLE

Joe Young - Politics Editor

The House of Commons has backed a motion proposed by Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn (LAB – Islington North) to back Prime Minister Theresa May’s (CON – Maidenhead) timetable on Brexit. This means that Parliament has approved the triggering of Article 50, the formal process to withdraw from the European Union, by March 2017.

“Today is not a vote to trigger Article 50 or to give authority to the PM to do so; it is most certainly not a vote for Article 50.

“Unless the Supreme Court overrules the High Court, only legislation can do that. Nor does today preclude the Labour party or any other party putting down amendments to the legislation and having them voted upon.

“In a significant development, Brexit Secretary David David said it was “inconceivable” that the Commons would not get a vote on the final deal Mrs May reaches with EU leaders – but he insisted MPs would not be able to overturn the outcome of the referendum.

“Any vote in this House at the end of the process would merely be on the deal; it could not reverse the fact that we had left the European Union.”

Former Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham (LAB – Leigh) used the motion to attack his party’s pro-immigration stance, saying,

“It is time for many of us on this side of the House to confront a hard truth. Our reluctance in confronting this debate is undermining the cohesion of our communities and the safety of our streets.

“I am no longer prepared to be complicit in that. We need answers to the public concerns – but answers that are based on hope, not on hate.”

Joe Young has been involved with student media for a very long time now, holding posts within The Pulse, and Pulse Radio, as well as the predecessor of The Pulse, Pluto. He is currently Politics Editor of The Pulse, and Head of News of Pulse Radio. In 2016, he won the Media Award for Best Article for his coverage of the Fishergate Shopping Centre bomb scare.

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